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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[July 28

House NBills 345 and 346—Funds for Extension W o r k in Agriculture and Home Economics. These bills transfer the State appropriation for salaries of F a r m and H o m e Advisers from the State Department of Agriculture to the University. F a r m Advisers $232 800 H o m e Advisers 124 200 Total $357 000 House Bill 347—Additional Funds for War-time Extension Work. This bill appropriates $50,000 for additional extension work in Agriculture and Home Economics on war-time problems. House Bill 674—Funds for Illinois F a r m e r s ' Institute. This bill appropriates $20,000 a year to the University for the operation of the Illinois Farmers' Institute. House Bill 724—Transfer of Illinois Farmers' Institute to the University. This bill provides that the Illinois F a r m e r s ' Institute shall be managed by the Agricultural Extension Service of the College of Agriculture. House Bill 536—Appropriation for Medical and Other Services to Crippled Children. This bill appropriates $225,000 to the University: T o the Division of Services for Crippled Children for expenses incident to locating crippled children and providing medical, surgical, corrective, hospitalization, and other services $200 000 F o r expense incident to following up the care of infantile paralysis patients 25 000 Senate Bill 61—Scholarships for Veterans of World W a r II. This bill provides for the award of a scholarship at the University to any veteran of World W a r II who served in the armed forces at any time between September 16, 1940, and the termination of the war and who was honorably discharged. Senate Bill 62—County Scholarships for Descendants of Veterans of World W a r I I . This bill extends the provision of an old law authorizing the award of County Scholarships to descendants of war veterans who served in the armed forces at any time between September 16, 1940, and the termination of World War II. House Bill 197—Amendment of General Assembly Scholarship Law. This bill amends the General Assembly scholarship law to provide that if any scholarship holder fails to register at the University within twenty days after the opening of any semester or term the scholarship will be deemed released and available for transfer on the nomination of the member of the General Assembly who made the original appointment, unless the original appointee has been given a leave of absence. It also extends the deadline provision permitting nominations for new scholarships to be made at any time up to the opening date of the fall term. Senate Bill 525—Amendment of Medical Practice Act. This bill amends the Illinois Medical Practice Act which formerly required that an applicant for admission to the medical licensing examinations must have had at least a fouryear course of instruction of not less than nine months each in a medical college, and furthermore that the time elapsing between the beginning of the first year and the ending of the fourth year shall be not less than forty months, by providing that in the case of students beginning the study of medicine during the years 1942, 1943, and 1944, the elapsed time shall be not less than thirty-six months. All of the medical colleges have accelerated their educational programs to meet the requirements of the armed forces and the civilian population for physicians and surgeons during the war. While there is no reduction in the total amount of instruction they receive, the training is accomplished in a shorter period of time because these schools now operate twelve months a year. Senate Bill 525 is therefore very important legislation because otherwise students now in medical college would not be eligible for admission to the licensing examinations in Illinois since their medical programs cover fewer than forty months. All these bills have been approved by the Governor. Certified copies (as